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St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
SINKING THE sIJRPLus.

The newspapers are having some sport
over the bill recently offered in congress
setting apart $4,000 for the use of each
state and territory, to be expended in drill
ing wells 8, 900 feet deep. The proposition
is rdiculed on all sides. Notwithstanding
this fact it has really more merit than a
good many other propositions before con-
crest which are more likely to pass. In
the first place it is the most expeditions
way to sink the surplus that has yet
been suggested, and promises to sink it so
deep that there will be 10 further trouble
about the S4, 600,0 900 which will go down
INTO wells. AS the principal business of
every congress seems to be to devise meth
ods by which the surplus revenue can be
sunk to the best advantage, it is not singular
that Weil-diggng propositions should be
sprung on that body. The recent earth
quake troubles possibly contributed to the
suggestion of such bill. IF there
is anything member of congress has holy
horror OF 1t is an earthquake. Occasion
ally they feel a political ground swell,
which inspires them with great dread for
any sort OF a tremulous movement. Con-
sequently congress is good deal worried
over the aguish manifestations of thi
sphere. 1t wants to know what is going on
down in the bowels of the earth to cause
these alarming disturbances. Under the
preteXt OF making a geological investiga-
ton it is proposed to find out the secret of
the internal connections. Why the limit
OF drilling should be fixed at 5000 feet is
not made clear. Whenever the bill is
taken up it will probably be amended so as
to permit the downward investigation to go
on until the native land of the earthquake
is discovered. Theonly thing that prevents
the bill from being rushed through under a
press is the fear of a presidential veto, the
only thing which congress breads more than
an earthquake.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02

make motion that the states be called
alphabetically, and that senators-elect
would qualify as their states are called. By
the time Indiana would be reached the
senate would stand 2S Democrats without
RlDDLEBEKGER, and 26 Republicans with
RIDDLEBERGER. Following the same
rule down until New Jersey was reached.
there would be thirty-two qualified Demo-
Gratis and thirty-twO qualified Republicans.
with RIDDLEBERGER holding the key to
the situation. Therefore it can be seen
that RIpDLEBERGER becomes an im-
portant factor in the organization of
the next senate, and if he possesses
any OF the INSCRIPTIONS ambition of his col
league MAHoNE, he will take advantage
of it to give himself prominence. With a
full senate there will be Sc members, 80
Republicans and 81 Democrats, counting
RIDDLEBERGER in the Republican column
transferring him to the Democratic ranks
there will be a tie, which will place the
Democrats in position to demand an equal
division i'll the organization OF committees
and the officers of the body. Thus we see
another temptation To RIDDLEBERGE Err to
cut loose from his present political moorings
unless the Republicans feather his nest
well. 1t is a lamentable state of affairs for
the country when its most dignifed branch
OF the legislative department of the govern
ment is placed at the mercy and control of
political freebooters like MALONE and
RIDDLEBERGER. 1t has been subjected to
that humiliation once, and is likely to be
ouaip
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
Gets "a New Trial.

CpcCliu lO the OiODe.
DEs MONIES, Ia, March 1.-The su-
preme court this morning reversed the de-
cision Of the Marshall district court in the
case of Nathan Ramsberger, convicted of
the murder of Enoch Johnson and sentenced
Tor life. Judge Reed delivered the opinion.
Johnson's dead body was found on public
road near Clifford. Hardy county, on the
morning of Nov. 10, 1884. The case is re-
verSed on an erroneous ruling by the lower
court i'll admitting certain testimony OBJ
Jected to by the defense, which did not tend
to prove any fact material to the case. 1t
was ELECTED as part of the evidence of the
evidence OF the state in chief. 1t tended only
to prove that defendant had been guilty
OF other crimes than the one charged in the
Indictment on which he was being tried. or
that he was a reckless, bad man, who was
willing and ready to engage in any criminal
enterprise. The rule that the state is not
permitted to introduce evidence of the
commission by the accused of crimes
entirely distinct from that for which he is
being tried, for the purpose of proving him
guilty OF that crime, and that it cannot
show his bad character until he has placed
his character in issue, has been so long
recognized and is so we'll settled that there
can be no necessity for citing authorities in
Its support. Frank Ramsbarger. brother
OF Nathan. is now on trial at MarshalltoWn
Tor completely in the same crime.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
LOW LICENSE ORDINANCE

The city council has anticipated and prob
ably circumyented the high license law by
its action last night. Under the city char
ter and existing laws. the council has the
right to grant licenses and to fix the rates
for selling wine, beer and liquors. The
license is in the nature of a contract between
the city government and the party
licensed, and it holds good for the
term for which it is issued, subject
to the conditions of the license. I'M
der the high license law recently passed
by the legislature. the license fee in cities ot
over 10, 600 population is fixed at $1,000 on
licenses issued on and after the 1st of July.
The city council evidently took the view
that licenses issued by the city government
prior to the 1st of July would have the
binding effect of a contract. and could not
be disturbed by the operations of a law
which does not go into effect until later
day, and in consequence of that opinion
adopted the low license ordinance passed
last evening"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
YET ANOTHER VICTIM.
A Fresh Accusation Brought Against
Krug, the Notorious Poisoner Of
Chicago Females.
A Young Woman Now Dying as an Al
legged Result Of His Diabolical
Malignity.
Mr.. SWEET Makes Novel Defense fo,
the Coterfe of Condemned
Anarchists.
Two Men Killed in the Course of g.
County Seat War in
Kansas.

CHICAGO, March 1.-The poisoning Of
another woman, making five in ALL is To-
night alleged against Lawrence Krlg. who
lies IN the county Jail suspected of murder.
lilg three wives and a step-daughter The
supposed hfth victim Is Gunda Shoenwer
a pretty ten-year-old daughter of Krug's
1rst wires sister. After much consultation
ughGas friends and relatives to-day de.
ciueu 10 ask an investigation by the county
physician. According to their state
lnehts, Gunda was a close cop,nanon
0I hef unfortunate cousin I,ucv
l1eldelmeger, the step daughter whose
aeatl caused the arrest of Krug. At the
funerals which attended Krug's successive
WIDOWS Gunda was present, as beftted a
near ieiatiVe. Each time she. like I,ucv
lieldelheger. was shocked by nronosaIs of
marriage from Krug. even befora tj'e to- 90. ~
vices 1or the dead were completed. The
pioposals were made in the presence of
numerous witnesses. After the fret
advances Gunda made no efTort
10 conceal her aversion for Kno
out continued to maintain her comnaniop.
snip 1or Lucy. About the time of T.ncv,s
death Gunda fell i'll with a similar com
pant and although given the best medical
ald' her mysterious ailment is vet uncOn
quered. While she has rallied somewhat
uurihg the past few days. the girl is in a
cfltical condition. Her friends express the
belief that Krug poisoned her out of pure
hlaIignlty in revenge for the undisguised
contempt with which she regarded him.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
A New York Beer Boycott.

New YORK. March 1.-The boycott
against the beer pool brewers by the retail
liquor dealers went into effect to-day. The
retail dealers claim that the struggle has
begun in manner thoroughly gratifying to
their side. Nearly all the retailers in the
association except those who are heavily in
debt to the brewers for the fixtures in their
saloons have joined in the boycott, as well
as many outside OF the association. and on
and after to-day these places buy no more
pool beer until they can buy where they
please, independent of arrangements by the
pool. At the headquarters of the executive
committee of the retailers but few orders
for beer have been received to-day, but this
is due to the fact that orders have been sent
in some days ago, and the dealers are now
waiting to see how things go on. Several
brewers are reported as already anxious for
COMPROMISE
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
Nlr. WrIght,s Esta1e.

CHICAGO, March Timothy j. Wright,
former millionaire of Chicago, now living
in New York, filed a bill some weeks ago
against Thomas Lyman, relative by mar
rlage, for an accounting. Mr.. Wright said
in his complaint that he left Chicago in
1875, intrusting all his property, worth ST.
600, 600, to Lyman's management He did
not return to Chicago. He claimed that
Lyman so mismanaged the trust that all the
great estate was dissipated, and some of
the land was appropriated by Lyman. The
latter filed an answer to these allegations
yesterday. saying that he had appropriated
none of Mr.. Wright's property, and that il
was all sold under foreclosure proceedings
under mortgages given by Mr.. Wright him
self. The various transactions are set out
in the answer.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02

And, by the way, it is a shame that the
great metropolis of the Northwest doesn't pay
its mayor respectable salary. The position
is one of honor, to be sure, but distinction
doesn't buy bread and meat these days.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
To Make Cotton Seed Oil.

GALVESTON. Feb. 23.-In an interview
this afternoon, P. d. Armour stated
to reporter that company would
be organized next week in Chi
cago with several million dollars
capital for the purpose of Immediately
erecting throughout the South twelve
gigantic cotton seed oil mills. Mr. Armour
and his partners will hold the controlling
interest in the big company, The entire
output of oil from the mills will be taken
by the stockholders and utilized in their
factories and lard rendering establishments.
Mr.. Armour stated that his firm alone con-
sumed one-tifth of the present output
of cotton seed oil. The new enterprise vas
brought about primarily by the competing
attitude assumed by the American Cotton
Seed Oil Trust company towards Armour 65
Co., and other lard manufacturers.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
THE NEXT SENATE.

When the United States senate meets
next it will consist Of exactly fifty men,
berS, with twenty-siX waiting to be sworn
in. The situation will be an interesting
one, because of the equal political division
of the body and the opportunities that will
be presented to both sides to capture the
organization. After the 4th of March,
Senator SHERMAN will only be senator
elect and will have to wait his turn for
being sworn in. Until he has qualified he
viii not be eligible to the place of president
pro tenn. which he has been filling and
which it is understood he is anxious to
again occupy. The fifty members who will
constitute the senate on its next assem-
bling are equally divided in their political
faith, standing twenty-five Democrats and
twenty-five Republicans, including RIDDLE
BERGER. If there was to be no president
pro tempore at the opening of the next
session OF the senate, the Democratic SEN
ators could have refused to permit anybody
to be sworn in until the Republicans agreed
to admit the New Jersey and Indiana SEN
ators to qualify on their certificates. 1t is
probably because he foresaw this difficulty
that Mr.. SHERMAN resigned in order to
give the Republicans an opportunity to pro-
Ylde against it.
There is another contingency, however.
which may still leave the Republicans in a
helpless condition. For some reason or
other the impression has gone out that
RIDDLEBERGER intends to cut loose from
the Republicans as soon as MAHoNE goes
out of the senate, and to ally himself with
the Democrats. 1t is not publicly known
on what this impression is based beyond the
fact that the Virginia senator has recently
exhibited some signs of chatting under Re-
publican restraint, and has several times
stepped beyond the party traces, much to
the disgust of the Republican leaders in
the senate. If RIDDLEBERGER should de-
eide to act with the Democrats, that will
give them an opportunity to force the seat
ing of the Indiana and New Jersey senators
in spite of the ruling of the Republican
presiding officer. Some one would probabl,
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
THE MISTAKES OF LOWELL.

Ihe Chicago people are good deal put
out because JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
who had been invited to lecture to them ON
American Politics." changed his subject
without any previous notification. MIR.
LOWELL discoursed to them for two hours
i'll an attempt to prove that SHAKESPEARE
did not write Orchard I'LL" 1t is very
evident that he didn't understand the
tone of Chicago society or the temper of
Chicago people. Chicagos introspection is
toward The future, and her people wouldn't
give the toss OF nickel to know who wrote
plays two hundred years ago. Chicago
doesn't know much about ancient literature.
and doesn't care to know about it. The
only sort of literature that the Chicago of
to-day manifests an interest in is the shape
OF bank checks and bills of exchange. Mr..
Lowell lecture must have fallen mighty
flat on an audience, majority of whom.
perhaps, had never heard of either SHAKES
PEARE or ''Richard I'LL" If he
had explained to them how CHARLIE
FARwELL got his seat in the senate at the
small cost of $4,000 the lecturer would
have struck much more entertaining SUBJ
ject. Orif he had stated his proposition
that it was CARTER HARRISON and not
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE who wrote
Richard Ill" then the discussion of the
tragedy's authorship would have enlisted
the attention of his audience 1t is alto
gether apparent that Mr.. LOWELL is a
guileless old man who is entirely ignorant
of the progressive spirit of this new coun-
try. He is not familiar with Western ideas.
An evidence of how little he knew of the
locality is, that when he landed in Chicago
he asked to be shown to the Southern hotel.
That was bad break to make in CITY
which entertains such feeling of rivalry as
Chicago does toward st. Louis. 1t was to
atone for his first great mistake that he made
the second one. He thought it would be a
compliment to the culture of Chicago to
discuss literary subject. 1t was a great
error. Chicago is not a literary center.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
AMEAN SORT OF PRUDENCE.

All writers of letters this warning should
take;
You're sure TO be caught you're sure to be
caught
You may think that no winds your opinions
can Shakey
And some muggy morning you're sure to
awake
To find that your views don't consist as they
ought.
You may talk, but don't write, your convic-
tfons, for then
You're sure to be caught, you're sure to be
caught;
Use words of the mouth, for the words of
your pen
Are most treacherous means of expressing
a thought,
And have queer way of appearing again,
To teach you lesson you should have been
taught.
word that is written never knows when it's
dead:
You're sure to be caught, you're sure to be
caught.
At times most unseeming, tits sure to be
read,
And to glory IN mischief its nature has
wrought;
But the word that is spoken, when echo has
fed,
May be safely denied. or new setting
bought.
-yox Populi.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02

Mayor RICE retireS from Office with the
good will and utmost respect OF the entire
population of the city. He has filled the
post of chief magistrate of st. Paul, to
which he was elected by an unprecedented
majority, with ability and fidelity to the
trust that was reposed iii him. There would
be a universal expression of regret over his
retirement if it were not for the fact that he
goes to serve his people in higher field Of
public usefulness. He is not lost to us, but
simply transferred from a local to ma
tional arena, and in entering upon his new
career he carries with him the confidence of
a united constituency.
The city council was most fortunate in
the selection of Mayor RICE's successor. A
better one could not have been made. The
unanimity with which Mr.. SMITH was
named for that position by a council COM
posed Of members of all political shades is
the highest testimonial to his fitness. Hon.
ROBERT A. SMITH has been a citizen of st.
Paul for over thirty years, and during that
time has filled many offices of public trust
with, credit. to himself and to his con-
stitneneyE Mr. SMITH came to st. Paul
from Indiana in 1858, and is now SO years
of age. Mr.. SMITH was private secre-
tary to Gov. GoRMAN in the early
days of Minnesota, was for twelve
years county treasurer of Ramsey county,
has served several terms in the state legis-
lature and is now member of the state
senate, to which he was elected by the
unanimous vote of his district; has been a
member of the city council for number of
years and was president of that body at the
time of his election to the mayoralty. He
has been prominently identified with the
growth and Industrial development of the
city, and no one occupies a higher standing
in business and financial circles He
formed business connection with the
banking firm of which WILLIAM DAWSON
has been the head as far back as 1860, and
is now the vice president OF the Bank
of Minnesota. There is no man more
thoroughly familiar with the city or has a
more Intelligent understanding of its needs
than Mr.. SMITH, and certainly no one more
popular or enjoying the confidence of his
fellow-citizens to greater degree. The
people Of the city have cause for congratu-
lation upon the wise action of the council
last night.
Hon. w. z. MURRAY was reelected to
another term for the Office of city attorney,
as every person knew he would be. st.
Paul wouldn't be st. Paul without Mr..
MURRAY as its corporation council. He
knows every man, woman and child in the
city, and everybody knows him. And he
knows the interests of the city just as we'll
as Ike knows its people. st. Paul never
had better friend or more able and
vig:iant advocate than WILLIAM PITT
MURRAY.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
Popular Science Monthly.

Popular Science Monthly.
An English paper publishes number of
interesting and some amusing parrot stories.
One OF them might help to illustrate the
proverb, when the cats away, the mice
will play" A young couple went away
from home for some weeks, leaving The
house in charge Of the servants and par
rot. After their return the parrot would
repeat, from time to time, ''Let'S have
another bottle, there's no one here to
knoww accompanying its words with the
sound of the appropriate ''plop" Another
story is not unlike it. A Yorkshire gentle
man had fever, and his parrot was taken
from the dining-room to the kitchen. Dur
ing its abode there of several weeks it stole
the raisins intended for a plum pudding
The cook in anger threw some hot grease
at it and scalded its head. When the mas
ter got better the parrots cage was taken
upstairs again. and the bird, seeing the
gentlemans newly shaven head, said
slowly: You bald-headed ruffian,
so you stole the cooks plumsr'
Some of the stories may throw light on the
question whether or not the parrot adapts
its remarks to the circumstances. There
was cOckatOO that never asked for pota-
toes except when dinner was on the table.
and never said, ''Oh, you are a beautyv'
except to child. Dean Stanley, when
canon of Canterbury, had a parrot which,
one morning at breakfast time,
got up into tree and attracted
the attention of all the servants, who gath
cred around it. The canon then came out,
when the parrot looked down at him and
said in a low but distinct voice, exactly like
Stanley's, Let us pray" 1t was evidently
reminded of the assembling of the servants
at morning prayers. A gray parrot was
stationed i'll nursery, where his greatest
delight was to see the baby bathed. The
child becoming sick, the parrot was sent to
the kitchen. There, after time, he set up
terrible cry, 1.-The baby. the dear baby!'
All the family rushed down to find the
parrot, in the widest excitement, watching
the roasting of a sucking pig.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
Less Doctor and More Cook.

SNturday RtVleW.
The culinary art, says Careme. is the es-
cort of European diplomacy. Your dipIo-
mat is the most refined appreciator of a
good dinner. A great diplomat sincerely
desirous of serving his country should have
a renowned cook and keep mp good house;
he should therefore be highly paid by his
government for embassies are the uniyer-
sites in which our youthful nobility study
diplomacy and gaStronomy. He was at
daggers drawn with doctors in general. A
good cook is the best physician, said he, and
so the doctor is always speaking i'll of the
cook, that he may maintain his own influ-
ence over the wealthy patient. who. if he
leads a loose life. should 'trust to the skill
OF his cook rather than to the false words,,of
his interested physician, who prolongs his
illness through speculation.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-02
STRAY SUNBEAMS,

The new dual city blue book which has just
been issued is great improvement on the
| former edition. To get the names of IL. 00U
householders arranged alphabetically and
classified by streets and to have every name
| spelled correctly is labor which deserves
| appreciation.
Philadelphia is enjoying real jollifcation.
The cause of the jubilee is a reduction of
| street car fare to cents. Thus it is that the
fossil East drags its slow length along in imi-
tation of the progressive West.
~
| FRANK SIDDALLs, the soap man, offered
ROBERT BONNER 100000 for Maud S, and
the offer was declined. Horse flesh is often
converted into soap fat, but this is the first
effort to reverse the process on big scale.
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BERNHARDT is heart-broken. She lost her
favorite poodle while travelling through Mex
leo. and there are no more GEBHARDTs to
take its place.
SAM JONES is said TO have pocketed over
$4,000 as net personal gains of one month S
work in Boston. That's why the evangelist
said he was happy when he quit that city.
That's Boston style, though. They won t
have anything there, not even salvation, un-
less it is high-priced.
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Manager TILLOTSON-There is no compar-
ison between PATTI and NILSSON. PATTI has
no rival. The two women are entirely differ
ent in disposition. NILSSON is cranky and
cross. PATTI is the genius of amiability and
as conscientious q woman as ever lived.
~
Manager ABBEY will clear S150,000 out of
this seasons tour with PATTI. The famous
little diva will pocket about S30O,00O as her
share of the dividends. They ought to man
age to get through the summer on their
profits.
PATTI is an appreciat1ve woman. She was
charmed with the reception in st. Paul and it
was in expression of her appreciation that
sang "Home, Sweet Home" 1t is very rare
that she will ever sing that song in public.
She holds the song in sacred reverence and it
is always with difficulty she can restrain her
emotions while singing it.
~
Senator EDMUNDs has become Legislative
blockader. He made it point to blockade
business in the senate yesterday and then
skipped out. 1t begins to look rs if the sena-
torial. iceberg had abandoned all hope of a
presidential nomination.
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There will be apt to be a great demand for
| licenses while they are marked down to red
| figure prices.
~"
The city officers naturally feel elated over
the inflated salaries. They deserve all the
raise they Sot The only city official who is not
benefited by the raise in salaries is the may
| or's private secretary.
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Don't you know the private secretarys sal
airy couldn't be raised without making il
more than the mayors? which would have
been a breach of official courtesy.
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And, by the way, it is shame that the
great metropolis of the Northwest doesn't pay
its mayor respectable salary. The position
is one of honor, to be sure, but distinction
doesn't buy bread and neat these days.